The Best Man: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Best Man runs 2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Senator Fred Thompson and Gary Sloan and others (about 1.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 2 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 2,498 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Marsha Mason
Marsha Mason narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 34 hours in all.
About as long, on the Theatre & Radio shelf
283 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Best Man is an audiobook by Gore Vidal: a 2-hour unabridged recording, read by Senator Fred Thompson, Gary Sloan and Kevin Murray and others, released January 1, 2005, on the Theatre & Radio shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Senator Fred Thompson, Gary Sloan, Kevin Murray, Paul Morella, Timmy Ray James, Naomi Jacobson
- Released
- January 1, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Theatre & Radio
- ISBN
- 9781580814133
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Best Man as an audiobook?
The Best Man runs 2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.3 hours.
Is The Best Man free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Best Man?
The Best Man is narrated by Senator Fred Thompson, Gary Sloan, Kevin Murray and Paul Morella and others.